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FERNS OF THE WEST, 
82. Variety nildatlllll, Eaton. (The bare variety.)' 
Rachis and usually the stalk devoid of chaff and scales ; pinnae few, 
short, oblong-oval ; fruit-dots few, at the ends of the uppermost pinnae. 
Yosemite (Wood), and Moore’s Flat, California. A rare form. 
83. Variety imtolcailSj Eaton. (The overlapping 
Pinnae overlapping each other, oblong-lanceolate ; fruit-dots nearer 
the margin ; stalk with brown, shining scales, otherwise naked. 
California; Red Mt. (Kellogg), Trinity River (Wood), and Sierras (Mrs. Austin). 
84. Variety iiiciso»serratllIll, Eaton. (The cut-serrate variety.) 
Frond large; pinnae lanceolate, acuminate, deeply cut and serrate ; 
fruit-dots scattered. 
Only from British Columbia, so far. 
85. A. jnglandifolilllE, Kunze. walnut-leaved El) 
Pinnae 3 to 13, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, terminal ones the largest, 
all finely serrate, smooth; fruit-dots scattered in several irregular rows 
between the midrib and margin. Lower pinnae stalked. 6 to 24 inches 
high. 
Western Texas. Common farther south to Tropical America. 
^-^Fronds ahnost or fully bi-pinnate. 
86. A. acilleatlim, Swartz. (The bristly A.) 
Pinnae crowded, lanceolate from a broad base, curved, parted or 
divided ; final divisions entire, serrate, or cut ; under surface chaffy ; fruit- 
dots nearer the midrib : stalks and rachis very chaffy. i to 3 feet high. 
In the typical form, fronds lanceolate and pinnae enlarged at base on the 
upper side. 
California; Santa Cruz (Bolander), Ukiah (Kellogg). Europe. 
87. Variety Callforilicillllj Eaton. (The Californian variety.) 
Fronds thin, narrowed at base, elongated ; pinnae, cleft at the base and 
but slightly cut above ; upper side of the base of the pinnae not greatly 
enlarged. {^A. Calif ornicum, Eaton.) 
California; Santa Cruz (Bolander), Ukiah (Kellogg). 
88. Variety lol)*ltlllll9 Kunze. (The Icbed variety.) 
Fronds lanceolate; pinnae lanceolate, base broad, divided into 
distinct and sessile pinnules, some of the lowest enlarged at base on the 
upper side. (Varieties lobatwn and intermedium, Hooker.) 
Santa Cruz and Mendocino County, California. Europe. 
89. Variety ailgiilarej Braun. (The angled variety.) 
Fronds oblong-lanceolate, fully bi-pinnate; pinnules stalked, some- 
what cut, lowest ones largest and parted. {A. angulare, Willdenow.) 
Santa Cruz, California. In damp ravines. 
90. Variety scopilllllllMj Eaton. (The variety growing among 
rocks . ) 
Fronds narrowly lanceolate, short, short-stalked, almost leathery, 
pinnate ; pinnae ovate, an inch long, lower half lobed, upper half serrate 
only; fruit-dots near the midrib. May be a form of No, 93. Resembles 
No. 80. 
Santa Cruz and Mendocino County, California, to Salt Lake City (Jones). 
91. Variety Braimllj Koch. {Eraun's variety.) 
